Heh, good lord. Glad I switched off to a van dyke, a while back. Not that I've ever had my beard even vaguely that long. I generally shave it off and regrow it every 2 weeks or so, when I'm in a beard sort of mood.

I'm just going to put this out there....and I think it's fairly simple. Maybe I'm full of shit, but I don't feel like I'm asking for too much here..
I want a nice atheist or agnostic man I can have a great conversation with, who challenges me, gets my twisted humor and finds it a turn on, who is mentally stable, educated, (self or otherwise, makes no difference to me), gets turned on by my intelligence, AND someone I am very attracted to, and have great sex with. That's all..........
Maybe this explains why I am still single????

You just want to be connected. I look for the exactly the same thing you do. I met my ex 27 years ago. We had 20 years of a perfect relationship. Then in my opinion she went crazy. Anyway the point is that there is more to it than someone that agrees with your checklist. When you find the right one, it happens, you can't meet someone that scores high and make it work. Don't think about what you are looking for and just look. It will happen. I hope I make sense, I'm not know for my communication skills. Just let go of your angst about it and live your life. It's exactly what it should be because it's what you are living.